Was at Bangkok for a few days with the club to play some pickleball. On Sunday, we were taken from our hotel to The Royal Bangkok Sports Club. The bus stopped outside and it was a short walk into the main building.
在曼谷呆了几天,和俱乐部一起去打了匹克球。周日,我们从酒店被带到了曼谷皇家体育俱乐部。巴士停在外面,走不远便可到达主楼。
There was a cafe as we entered.
我们进去时看到一家咖啡馆。
Wow, they played quite a lot just in October.
哇,仅在 10 月,他们就有很多时间可以打球。
Found the hall where the courts are.
找到了球场所在的大厅。
Went in for a quick look.
进去看了一眼。
Then out to the toilet to change and looked at the golf course outside a bit.
然后去厕所换衣服,在外面看了一会儿高尔夫球场。
Then went back to the courts to watch some games before I played. Was quite unhappy with the scheduling. At first, I was scheduled to play only one game and later amended to two games. There was so many changes that I keep going to check the schedule. While, I was asked to takeover someone who had been double booked. Later, I heard from one guy that he was scheduled to play 5 games from the beginning and another guy said he wasn't scheduled to play. My partner for 2nd game I played was changed last minute. She was still eating dinner as she wasn't expecting to play. Luckily, that was the one of the three games that I played which we won. The other confusing thing was we were using side out scoring instead of rally scoring and many of our club members were not familiar with.
然后回到球场看了几场,然后才开始打球。对赛程安排很不满意。起初,我只安排打一场,后来改为两场。太多改变了,我不停地去查看赛程安排。同时,我被要求接替一个同时被订打两场的人。后来,我听到一个人说他从一开始就被安排打 5 场比赛,另一个人说他没有被安排打球。我参加的第二场比赛的搭档在最后一刻被换了。她当时还在吃晚饭,因为她没想到会上场。幸运的是,我参加的三场比赛中,我们就赢了这场。另一件令人困惑的事情是,我们使用记分法跟我们在俱乐部打球是不同的导致许多成员对此并不熟悉。
Our host provided dinner which I didn't eat because I didn't want to eat before my last two games.
我们的主人提供了晚餐,但我没有吃,因为我不想在最后两场比赛前吃东西。
And that was too bad because I heard some of the food was quite good.
这有点可惜,因为我听说有些食物相当不错。
Here is a video I recorded.
这是我录制的视频。
Pickleball is getting bigger and bigger in the United States. I still play volleyball though on one of the nights they play.
It got more interest here too because the prime minister tried this and got onto the news. Now, it's like many people want to be part of the action.